So it's not possible to boot from this? I'm on Mac 10.8.5.
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My experience was over 2 years ago. Perhaps they are selling a different product (USB3?) compared to the one I purchased (with the incompatibilities). I recommend buying and trying.
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Go into System Preferences and make sure you have the SSD set as your boot drive. If it's not selected, OS X will try to find other boot devices until it gets to the SSD. After you make the change it should boot right away.
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I don't know. All of my stuff is PC based, I have no Mac hardware or software experience at all.
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While I don't run another OS from it, I don't see why not? just hold down the "Option" key while booting and select it as the boot drive, but in truth I'd check with Apple's KB about running Boot Camp from an external drive.
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I believe that's Snow Leopard? If so, it is compatible. I started out with 10.6.8 and have upgraded to 10.8.5, with no problems with MacGourmet.
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You know Joy, I am not sure, but I will plug it in to the Mac tomorrow and try! ;)
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Yes, it is bootable.You need to format it appropriately though.Intel Mac: GUID partition.PPC: HFS+
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Put me in the frustrated club. Like another commenter I did not spend a lot of time, but it became clear that my use was not one of the primary supported methods. If you're not in Apple world, I would be prepared to devote some time to getting it to work. It should be possible, but the quick-start easy-setup is not going to do it, and once you get past that, you're on your own to some extent. Docs are not extensive, I didn't see if they have support.
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did you install the drivers available from monoprice? i have this working on several versions of osx works fine for my 10.6.8 imac works on my 10.9.3 hackintosh and works fine for my 10.9.4 macbook pro. no reason it shouldnt work on 10.7.5
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It is not compatible. I checked the back of the box and it specifies Windows, and says nothing about Mac.
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have you tried simply installing windows on it directly? That worked for me with XP on an older mac mini
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Mac OSX Leopard 10.5.8 is the most recent OSX you can use. Anything newer won't install.
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I went back to the set up instructions and don't see any reference to operating system. It requires an USB port which I assume the MAC also has.
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I tried to install Linux on it right after getting my hands on, but could not boot from CD. I think it is something about encrypted or locked boot loader. I was busy so I did not bother myself looking for a solution. But soon, I'll give it another try and find out the possible solutions and I think it is not that hard to get resolved.Reg's,Rodi
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It sounds as if you haven't set your SSD as your 'startup' drive. Not being in front of my MacBook Pro, Google "how to set startup drive in Mac OS X" and you may find this solves your problem. Good luck.
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I have not tried booting from it yet. However, if your CPU has options to allow you to select these media, I would think you can.
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I personally don't own a mac but doing a search on the forums i found this: http://www.usbuirt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=749&highlight;=macHopefully it helps.